Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
DIDN'T YOU remember me?n

"And yeu-you are the Lieutenant of
the Ibis gunbOat
"whose life you saved at MacNelI's
Zereba."
"Yes-s devil of 8 bit of mismsuage-
ment that; l wonder th:a one Of Us lett
the place alive. Well-the world is 3
small place after ALL" added Mussrave,
as they shook hands, and bright express
sion spread over the usually grave face
Of the invalid.
"Hsve cigar" continued the UusSar,
profering 8 handsome silver case; 1--WE
are a. fresco-the ladies cannot object.
You'll know the brand get thlm
straight from HavannGh."
"Tharks-I was in TIE zarehs, With
the Naval Brigade" said young Talbot,
sadly.
Brsco.
when the square WIS forced and the
few mounted vedettes burst through If
for shelter, there rolled behind them
human tide of yelling, bowling end fero-
cious Arabs black mass, picked out
here and there by their flashing Weap0ns,
accompanied by 8 strange sound, the
cracking OF the branches and brushwoOd
through which they rushed upon us. Then
came the wild stampede of baggage ani-
mals-horses, camels and mules.
was Ct the edge of the square, and many
/ others were borne to the ground,
while over US swept the Arabs, heWing
/ like tends or madmen, right and left;
with their long Cross-hilted swords,
! slashing st c&mels and men alike in that
! gerry shamble, from which there went up
q shout Of agony and despair that might
make man wake in his sleep for years
! to come, snd which hope may haunt the
useless bodies to whom we owed il sll, ?"
continued Reginald his eyes sparkling as
| he recalled that terrible scene. "The
| Arabs were among US and over US like
wild-hre, hamstringing the baggage ami
msls right and left-it was mighty wave
of kicking, biting and plunging brutes,
amid the dying and the dead,
struggling to escape. a camel was
killed over ne, and lying there
helpless without wound, l must have
been butchered by the Arabs, had not
/ Musgrave, whose horse was killed under
him, rushed up, cut passage through
the press with mis- sword, and borne me
into the Berkshire z3re5a, where the
soldiers, taken by surprise, were fighting
back to back in t1eir shirt sleeves; AID
but for Musgreve l must have persisted,
for l was dOubly helpless, my sword
blade having been broken in my hand, in
the first Of the Arab Tush."
"What a scene it must have been" eX-
claimed Sir BrisCO.
"P61demonium broken loose would be
a Joke compared 70 IL" said Musgrave,
laughing.
! iii I'LL to, rL,1r wa o,.e- ;,o
able to thank YOuI" asked Melanie, as
she laid her hands on Musgrave's arm,
while locking at him with ineXpressible
sweetness in her eyes. "Reggie never
told US of this terrible episode till now"
ole is a modest man, you see, re
piled Musgrave, smiling down at the
speaker.
81 WAS very different then, Musgraye,
from what an now" said Talbot, some
what mournfully.
az heard of your case, and your being
invalided home; but you will get over al
this, Old fellow, hope"
"Never-never!" replied Reggie, and
he shook his head sadly-so sadly that
Melanie felt her heart wruGg for him,
and announced that now they must re-
turn home.
"Hsve l your permission to Csll 81
Rose Cottsge?" asked Sir BriscO, in 6
low voice, and with diflldeEce and hest
tstion.
81 am at home in the afternoon, gen
orally" replied Melanie, growing some
what pale with annoyance, SIS she fore
saw 81 that permission might include;
"but," she added, ''my uncle is in t0WI
just row"
"When he returns, then, shall leave c
cerd-we are neighoors, you know
though you deem me but mere eCQuant
once-aiter ALL" he added in a lower
tone, which made her grow paler still
while her eyes dropped.
"C0me with Captain Lonsd2le, he
knows Uncle Grimshaw," said Melanie
feeling little desperate. "And Reggie
wiIl, an sure, always be glad to see
you," she added to Musgrsye; "YCu viii
have so much ia common to talk about
covert glance full Of sweetest mean
ing, was exchanged (unseen by others
between Melanie and Montague Ions
dale, and the parties separated, where
the narrow wooded pathway Joined tht
high road, the Husssr dragging The
wheel chair OF Reggie, Dick showing be
hind, the Bingo in On eCstaCY CT barking
by mis- side. To the Royal Hussar, there
was certainly novelty in this new
work; but 1t had in it that which
some one Edescribes as "the delightu
sense of doing or playing ct something
which survives with most people from
their childhood, and the indulgence
) whereof, seems, for time, to bring tina
childhood back, with its inConsequence
enjoyment and free happiness" ant
, when Uncle GrimshaW did return, h,
he lrd of the rercCnter with pleasure, an(
rubbed MS hands in the eXuberanCe Of hi
satisfaction. But to Melanie, the Joy this
! LonsdaIe was so near her, was over
clouded by the knowledge Of whose CUES
he WAS there.
IN Ee Cnl,tin1leE Nert IrscLI